Sam1911
Moderator Emeritus
Well, I can't answer that exactly as that's not how I do what I do.
I know that if I shoot my 629 for a month or two I'll be pretty well on top of it and the gun will come up naturally and put shots where I want at what I consider to be my normal speed and accuracy. I can reload without fumbling and remember when I need to reload without getting the "click-click" reminder!
If the next week I bring out the xDM or 1911, my draw feels awkward and I get errant shots wandering around the target if I push myself to duplicate the speed and fluidity I had attained with the 629. That speed and fluidity (what I call having it "in my hands" or being able to "run" the gun) does come back, but it takes serious time.
Switch off to the 1911, or a CZ, or whatever and it starts over again.
What would happen if I just shot a random assortment of guns each week, I'm not sure, but I wouldn't stake my competition game on it. (Maybe my life, though!)
And that might not be the same result as if I practiced in a dedicated fashion with just two distinctly different guns.
It is certainly a complex question, but I don't think there is any validity to the idea that shooting a variety of guns makes you a better shot, and certainly none to the idea that shooting a variety of guns prepares you to be at your best if you have to draw your carry gun tomorrow.
I know that if I shoot my 629 for a month or two I'll be pretty well on top of it and the gun will come up naturally and put shots where I want at what I consider to be my normal speed and accuracy. I can reload without fumbling and remember when I need to reload without getting the "click-click" reminder!
If the next week I bring out the xDM or 1911, my draw feels awkward and I get errant shots wandering around the target if I push myself to duplicate the speed and fluidity I had attained with the 629. That speed and fluidity (what I call having it "in my hands" or being able to "run" the gun) does come back, but it takes serious time.
Switch off to the 1911, or a CZ, or whatever and it starts over again.
What would happen if I just shot a random assortment of guns each week, I'm not sure, but I wouldn't stake my competition game on it. (Maybe my life, though!
) And that might not be the same result as if I practiced in a dedicated fashion with just two distinctly different guns.
It is certainly a complex question, but I don't think there is any validity to the idea that shooting a variety of guns makes you a better shot, and certainly none to the idea that shooting a variety of guns prepares you to be at your best if you have to draw your carry gun tomorrow.